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Prof,  J.  Henry  Senger 


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Ibeatb's  flDo&ern  language  Series 

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German   Composition. 


HATFJELD. 

Based,  on  Storm  V  '  'Im  mensee" 


D.  C.  HEATH  &    CO., 

BOSTON.         .\'EW  YORK.         CHICAGO.       f.OXDON. 


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Ibeatb's  flfeofcern  language  Secies 
MATERIALS:      • 

FOR  ••    ;        •;•'•'>>";*'*;    ' 

GERMAN   COMPOSITION 

BASED    ON    STORM'S    ««  IMMENSEE " 


BY 
JAMES  TAFT  HATFIELD 

PROFESSOR  OF  THE  GERMAN  LANGUAGE  AND  LITERATURE  IN  NORTHWESTERN 

UNIVERSITY,  SECRETARY  OF  THE  PEDAGOGICAL  SECTION  OF  THE 

MODERN  LANGUAGE  ASSOCIATION  OF  AMERICA 


ASSISTED   BY 

JESSIE   EVERSZ,   PH.  B. 


BOSTON,  U.S.A. 

D.  C.  HEATH   &   CO.,   PUBLISHERS 
1896 


COPYRIGHT,  1896 
BY  JAMES  TAFT  HATFIELD 


TNMHMORIAM 
We^vM    O 


PRESS  OF  CARL  H.  HEINTZEMANN,  BOSTON,  MASS.,  U.S.A. 


PREFACE. 


THE  need  of  materials  for  German  composition,  based  upon 
continuous  texts  which  should  afford  practice  in  the  use  of  the 
actual  idioms  of  the  language,  has  long  been  felt.  The  success 
of  the  excellent  French  series  devised  by  Professor  C.  H. 
Grandgent  of  Harvard  University  has  led  to  the  substantial 
adoption  of  the  same  plan,  with  his  cordial  concurrence.  As- 
suming a  foregoing  thorough  drill  in  the  elements  of  German 
inflection  and  syntax,  the  exercises  are  to  be  used  without  a 
dictionary,  after  the  student  has  made  himself  so  familiar  with 
each  original  passage  as  to  have  an  instinctive  feeling  for  its 
vocabulary  and  constructions. 

The  experienced  teacher  will  notice  that  the  aim  of  these 
lessons  is  not  to  afford  a  complete  synopsis  of  the  body  of 
grammatical  doctrine,  but,  by  repeated  application  of  the  chief 
underlying  principles  of  German  construction,  to  thoroughly 
impress  on  the  student  some  of  the  more  fundamental  features 
of  the  German  language. 

EVANSTON,  ILLINOIS,  July  i,  1896. 


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EXERCISES    BASED   ON  ,"  1MMENSEE. 


A.     QUESTIONS    AND   ANSWERS. 

I.  Der  2Ute. 

1. 

From  the  beginning  to  ,,(£r  fcfjien  fdfl." 

1.  S&er1  gtng  bie  Strajje  fyinab? 

2.  2Ba§  fiir2  ein  3ftann  toar  er? 

3.  2&ie3ging  er? 

4.  2Bann 4  ging  er  bie  ©trafce  Ejinab  ? 

5.  SSofyer5  fd)ien  er  jurii^ulommen  ? 

6.  2Sarum6  fc^ten   er  toon   einem    ©^ajiergange 
lommen  ? 

7.  3Sa§  fur  <S^e  trug  er? 

8.  Seller7  5Kobe  gef^orten  feine  6^e  an? 

9.  2Ba^8  trug  er  unter  bem  2lrm? 

10.  -JBomit9  fa^  er  ru^ig  umfyer? 

11.  2Sa§  fc^ien  fid)  in  feine  2lugen  gerettet  §u  fyaben? 

12.  SSotoon9  ftadf)en  feine  bunflen  Slugen  ab? 

1 '  who.'    2  t  wj,at  sort  of^     a  <•  how.'     4  « when.'     5  <  frOm  where.'     6  <  why.' 
7  <  to  what.'      8  '  what.'     »  '  with  what.' 

1 


GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

2. 

From  ,,(gr  fd)ien  faft"  to  ,,®er  2Hte  ging." 

1.  28a§  fdfcim  er  faft  511  fern 1  ? 

2.  ©riiftten  ifyn  toiele2  Don  ben  SBorubergefyenben  ? 

3.  2Sa^  niucbe  mand^r  unnnlilurlicfy  $u  tfyun8  ge§toungen? 

4.  2Co4  ftanb  ber  alte  5^ann  enbltcfy  ftiE? 

5.  SSo^in6  fa^  er  no$  einmal? 

6.  SSo^in  trat  er  bann  ? 

7.  2Ba§  ftwrbe  toon  einem  ©ucffenfter  toeggefcfyoben  ? 

8.  2Sa§  tourbe  bafyinter  fid^tbar  ? 

9.  2Ba§  tfyat  bann  ber  ^Jlann? 

10.  2Ba§  fagte  er? 

11.  3n  ^a^  fur  cinem  2Iccent  fagte  e§  ber  3Jlann? 

12.  SSer  Ite^  ben  SSorfyang  n?teber  fallen? 

13.  2Ba§  licj  bte  alte  grau  fallen? 

1 '  to  be.'       2  '  many.'      3  '  to  do.'       4  '  where.'       5  '  in  what  direction.' 


3. 

From  ,,2)er  ?llte  ging"  to  ^ier  rt)ar 

1.  SBofyin  ging  nun  ber  Sllte? 

2.  2Ser  ging  iiber  bie  §au§biele  ? 

3.  2Boburd^ l  ging  er  ? 

4.  2Ba3  ftanb  an  ben  2Bdnben  ? 

5.  S&omit  tuurben  bie  ©c^rdnle  ber^iert 2 

6.  SKoburd^  trat  er  bann? 

7.  28ofyin  trat  er? 

8.  2Ba§  fiil)rte  311  ben  obern 

9.  SKo^in  fiil^rte  biefe  enge 


EXERCISES. 

10.  2Sie  ftteg  er  bie  Sreppe  fyinauf  ? 

11.  28a§  tfyat  er  oben  juerft8? 

12.  S&ofyin  trat  er  bann? 

13.  2Ba3  fiir  cm  3itnmer  toar  e3  ? 

1 '  through  what.'        2  <  adorned.'        3  t  first; 


4. 

From  ,,§ier  war  c8"  to  ,,23ie  er  |o  fa§." 

1.  2Bie  toar  e§  (>ier? 

2.  2Bomit  tear  bte  eine  28anb  faft  beberft? 

3.  2Sa§  tying  an  ben  anbern? 

4.  2Ba§  fur  Silber  twaren  e§? 

5.  2Ba§  ftanb  bor  einem  £if$  ? 

6.  2Ba§  lag  auf  bem  Xifctye  umtyer? 

7.  2&a§  fiir  etn  Setynftutyl  ftanb  Dor  bem 

8.  2Ba§  fiir  etn  Xtfcty  h?ar  e§  ? 

9.  SBann  fe^te  ftcty  ber  Sllte? 

10.  SBotyinMe^te  er  ftcty? 

11.  SKotoon2  fctyten  er  bann  au^uriityen? 

12.  2Sotytn  tyatte  ber  3lltc  §ut  unb  ©torf  gefteUt? 

13.  2(uf  h?elctye  SSetfe3  rutyte  er  bon  f einem  ©pagiergange 

1 '  in  what.'         2  '  from  what.'        3  '  in  whaLway.' 


5. 

From  ^SSie  cr  jo  fafj"  to  ^Satb  trat/ 

1.  2Sann  n)urbe  e§  bunfler? 

2.  28ie  tourbc  e§  bun!Ier? 


GERMAN   COMPOSITION. 

3.  2Ba§  fiel  enblic^  auf  bte  ©emalbe? 

4.  SBohird^  fid  ber  9Jtonbftrafyl  ? 

5.  2&o  toaren  biefe1  ©emalbe? 

6.  2Ba§  tfyat 2  ber  fyetfe  ©tretf  ? 

7.  2Ba§  tfyaten  bte  Slugen  be§  3)ianne§? 

8.  2Sann  folgten  f eine  5lugen  ? 

9.  2Sa§  trat  nun  liber  ein  !leine§  33ilb  ? 

10.  3n  ma§  fiir  einem  9tafymen  iDar  biefe§  Heine 

11.  2Ba§fagtebannber2ttte? 

12.  28ie  fagte  er  e§? 

13.  SSie  n?ar  e§  bann  mit  ber  geit? 

14.  2&o  toar  berate? 

i' these.'        2<did.' 


II.  Die  Kinfcer. 

6. 

From  ,,33atb  trot"  to  ,,9?un  ging  cr  gleid)." 


1.  SfiSelc^e1  ©eftalt  trat  511  ifym 

2.  2Bie  fyiefe  bag  5Kabc^en  ? 

3.  2Bie  mele2  Sa^re  moc^te  fie 

4.  303te  alt  n>ar  er  felbft  ? 

5.  2Ba§  trug  fie  urn  ben  §al§? 

6.  2Ba§  fiir  ein  Xii(f)elc^en  trug  fie  ? 

7.  28a§rief  ©lifa&etfy? 

8.  2Bie  lange  8  fatten  bie  ^inber  leine 


EXERCISES. 

9.  2Bo  fyatte  9ieinfyarbt  feine  ^ecfyentaf  el  ? 

10.  2Ba3  tfyat  er  bamit4? 

11.  SBofyin  lief  en  bann  beibe  ^inber? 

12.  2&a3  lam  ifynen  fyerrlicfy  511  flatten? 

13.  2Ba§  fyatte  Dieinfyarbt  aufgefiifyrt? 

14.  28a§  tooHten  fie  barin  madden5? 

15.  2lber  toa§  fefylte  nocfy  ? 

1  '  what.'        2  «  many.'        3  « long.'        4  <  with  it.'        5  <  do.' 


7. 
From  ,,Wim  ging  er"  to  w(SItfabctt)  !  ricf  cr." 

1.  2Ba§  tfyat  ^ein^arbt  nun? 

2.  SOBa§  toar  fc^on  bereit  ? 

3.  2Bo  lt>ar  ©lifabet^  n)a^renbbeff  en  ? 

4.  2Ba§  fammelte  fie  ? 

5.  SBorein1  fammelte  fie  ben  ©amen  ber  toilben  3J?ali>e? 

6.  2Ba§  flit  eine  Slrt  2  ©amen  fyat  3  bie  n)ilbe  3JlaIt)e  ? 

7.  2Ba§  tr>ottte  fie  fid)  babon  macf>en  ? 

8.  28ot>on    hjotlte  fid^   ©Itfabetf)    ^etten    unb    §al3ba'nber 
mac^en? 

9.  2Ba§  brac^te  SRcin^arbt  enblic^  511  ftanbe? 

10.  £ro£  h)e(c^en  §inberniffe§  4  brac^te  Dteinfyarbt  feine  53an! 
bennoc^  511  ftanbe  ? 

11.  3Bo^)in  trat  er,  al§  er  feine  San!  ju  ftanbe  gebrad^t  ^atte? 

12.  2Bo  toar  ©lifabet^,  al§  9tein^arbt  toieber  in  bie  ©onne 


1  '  in(to)  what.'        2  '  what  kind  of.'        3  '  has.'        4  '  hindrance.' 


6  GERMAN   COMPOSITION. 

8. 

From  ,,<£lifabetlj!  ricf  er"  to  ,,Wun  roar  e«  ftarfjt." 

1.  2Ba§  tfyaten  dlifabetfyS  Sorfcn,  ate  fie  lam? 

2.  SKtefafy  fieauS1? 

3.  SBofyin  tooHten  fid)  bie  £inber  fe$en? 

4.  2luf  toeld^e  $anl  je^ten  fid^  bie  ^inber? 

5.  2Sa§  na^>m  ©lifabet^  au§  ber  @cfyur$e  ? 

6.  28a§  t^at  fie  barm  mit  ben  Sttngelcfyen2? 

7.  2Bie  fing  S^ein^arbt  an  ju  erjd^Ien  ? 

8.  SSie  touftte8  ©lifabet^  ba§,  t»a§4  er  er^lte? 

9.  2Qeldf)e  ©efc^id^te  mugte  er  fterfen  laffen? 

10.  2Ba§  mu^te  Stein^arbt  mit  ber  ©efd;idf»te  fcon  ben  brei 
<S^)innfrauen  tfjun? 

1 1 .  2BeId^e  ©efc^tcBte  er^afylte  er  ftatt  beffen  ? 

12.  -JBofyin  n?ar  ber  arme  -JRann  getuorfen? 

13.  2Ser  tpar  in  bie  Sotoengrube  gen^orfen? 

i(  appear.'        2  <  with  the  little  rings.'        3  <  knew.'        *' that  which.' 


9. 

From  ,,9hm  ft)ar  e«"  to  ^(SHfabetl)  t)Qtte  aufmerffam 

1 .  2Ba§  h)ar  e€  nun  ? 

2.  2Ba§  fur  cine  9facfyt  tear  e§? 

3.  2Ber  fcfylief? 

4.  3Sa§  t^aten  fie  mitunter  im 

5.  SBaSrccftcn  fie  au§? 

6.  2Ba§  t^at  bann  ber 

7.  2Ba§  meinte  er  ? 


EXERCISES. 

8.  2Ba§  toarf  e§  auf  eimnal  um  ifyn  fyer  ? 

9.  28a§  fiir  einen  @cf>ein  toarf  e§  um  ifyn  fyer  ? 

10.  2Ber  ftanb  toorifyrn? 

11.  SSann  ftanb  ber  Sngel  toor  ifym? 

12.  2Ba§tfyat  ber  @ngel? 

13.  2Bomit  lotnftc  cr  i^m? 

14.  -JBofyin  ging  er  bann  ? 

15.  2Bie  ging  er  in  bie  g-elfen 


10. 

From  ,,(SIifa6etIj  ^attc"  to  ,,3a,  fagtc  (Sltfabett). 

1.  2Ba§  ^atte  @lifabetf>  get^an1? 

2.  2Ba§fragte  fie? 

3.  2Sa§  h)ar  9fiein^arbt§  ^etnung2  uber 

4.  2Bie  fa^  fie  ifym  in^  ©efic^t  ? 

5.  S8en3blic?te  er  finfteran? 

6.  SSer  fagt  immer,  ba^  e§  Gngel  gtebt? 

7.  3So  giebt  e§  Sotoen  ? 

8.  SSobor4  f^annen  bie  ©otjenpriefter  2oit?en? 

9.  2Sa§  burd^fafyren  fie  mit  i^nen? 

10.  28ann  tt>oEen  <Sie5  einmal  felber  fyin? 

11.  3ft  e§  fc^oner  in  gnbien  al§  bei  un§  ? 

12.  2Ba€  giebt  e§  banicfyt? 

1 .'  don».'     2  '  opinion  about.'     3  '  whom.'     4  <  in  front  of  what.'     5  '  you.' 


GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 
11. 

From  ,,Sa,  fagte  (Stifabetl)"  to  ,,3)er  $feinen  fam  ba§  SSetnen 

1.  2Ber  mujj  aucfy  mit? 

2.  2Bamm  lormen  bie  nicfyt  mit  ? 

3.  SDiirfen  ©ie1  aber  tiicfyt  aHeiu? 

4.  2Bem2  fyaben  bie  anbern  nirf)t§  511  befe^len? 

5.  2Beffen8  grau  h)irb  fie  bann 

6.  28a§  toirb  3^re4  gutter  t^un? 

7.  2Ba§  fagte  9^ 

8.  2Bie  mu(3  fie 

9.  ^lit  tocm  foEte5  ©Kfobct^  reifen? 

10.  SScnn  @ic  attein  ge^en,  toann  lommen  (Sic  irieber? 

1 '  do  you  dare.'     2  '  whom '  (dat.).    3  '  whose.'     4  <  your.'     5  <  should. 


12. 

From  ,,S)cr  ^teinen"  to  ,,@o  Icbten  bie  Winter  gufammcn. 

1.  3Ba§  lam  ber  $leinen 

2.  28em  lam  ba§  2Seinen 

3.  2Ba3  fiir  2lugen  macf)te  SRcinfyarbt? 

4.  SBo^in  tottt  @Ufabetfj  mit? 

5.  2Sie  fa^tc  fie  ^einfyarbt? 

6.  2Sarum  flog  i^r  bag  rote  Xilrf)elc^en  t»om 

7.  28a§  t^at  SRctn^arbt  ^lo^iic^  ? 

8.  28a§  fjatte2  ©lifabet^  nicfyt? 

9.  28a§  toirb  barau§  toerben  ? 

10.  2Ba§  rief  e§  je^t  toon  ber  ©arten^forte  ? 

11.  28a§  anth?orteten  bie  £inber? 

12.  SSie  fprangen  fie  nacr)  §aufc  ? 

1 '  because '  =  ftieil  (transposed  order).        2  '  had.' 


EXERCISES. 


B.     SENTENCES. 

III.    3m  Walbe. 

13. 

From  ,,@o  lebten"  to  ,,®em  jungcn  2)idjter." 

1 .  We  are  often  too  quiet  for  them. 

2.  They  were  often  too  vehement  for  her. 

3.  They  will  not  separate  on  that  account. 

4.  We  will  share  our  leisure  hour  in  your  mother's  narrow 
room. 

5.  The  school-master  scolded  Reinhardt   once  in  Elisa- 
beth's presence. 

6.  They  did1  it  in  order  to  direct  his  anger  toward  them- 
selves. 

7.  But  the  school-masters  did  not  notice  it. 

8.  The  children  lose  all  interest  in  the  geography  lesson. 

9.  Instead  of  this  they  write  long  poems. 

10.  In  them  they  compare  us  with  young  eagles. 

1 1 .  Reinhardt   vows    that  he  will  take  vengeance  on  the 
young  school-master. 

12.  The  gray  eagle's  wings  have  not  grown  yet2. 

1  tfyun.        2  'not  yet '  =  nod)  nicf)t. 


10  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

14. 

From  ,,$)em  jungcn  2)id)ter"  to  ,,2)ann  gab  er." 

1.  Her  eyes  are  filled  with  tears. 

2.  They  feel  very  grand. 

3.  I  will  manage  to  get  many  parchment-bound  volumes 
with  little  white  leaves. 

4.  Write   your    first  poems  with  a  careful  hand  on  the 
little  white  pages. 

5.  She  soon  afterwards  formed  a  new  fellowship  with  a 
boy  of  her  age. 

6.  But  his  friendship  with  other  boys  of  his  age  will  not 
be  disturbed  by  it. 

7.  They    tell  them   again  and  again  the  fairy-tales  which 
had  pleased  them. 

8.  They  have  now  begun  to  write  down   the    new  fairy- 
tales. 

9.  The  desire  often  comes  to  them  to  weave  in  some  of 
their  own  thoughts. 

10.  But,  I  do  not  know  why,  they  can  never  succeed. 

11.  We  will  write  them  down  exactly  as  we  have  heard  them. 


15. 

From  ,,3)01111  gab  er"  to  ,,Da8  afleiu  ttmr." 

1.  Will  you  give  me  the  little1  white1  pages? 

2.  I  will  preserve  them  carefully  in  my  drawer. 

3.  It  affords   me  a  sweet  satisfaction  to   read2  aloud   to 
my  mother  in  the  evening,  in  their  presence. 


EXERCISES.  1 1 

4.  Now  and  then  he  hears  her  when  she  reads  aloud  out 
of  the  note-book  written  by  his  mother. 

5 .  The  children  must  leave   the  city  for  a  broader  educa- 
tion. 

6.  We  could  not  realize  that  there  was  now  going  to  be 
a  day  entirely  without  fairy-tales. 

7 .  Will  you  write  down  fairy-tales  for  us  as  before  ? 

8.  It  will  please  them  very  much3. 

9.  I  will  send  it  to  you  with  the  letter  to  my  mother. 

10.  You  must  write  me  then  how  you  like  them. 

11.  The  (time  of)  departure  approaches,  but    I  will    first 
write  down  many  fairy-tales  for  you  in  your  copy-book. 

1  see  lesson  14.        2  use  infinitive  with  ju.         3  '  very  much '  =  jef)r. 


16. 

From  ,,2)a«  aflein  ttwr"  to  ,,2luf  einem 

1.  That  was  a  secret  to  him,  although  he  had   been  the 
occasion  of  half  of  the  songs. 

2.  The   songs  were  gradually  filling   the  white  leaves  of 
the  book. 

3.  It  is  in  June,  and  he  is  to  go  away  the  next  day. 

4.  Once  more  we  will  celebrate  a  festal  day  together. 

5.  For    this    purpose   we  have  arranged  several1  excur- 
sions to  the  neighboring  forests. 

6.  They  will   make  a  half -hour's  journey  by  wagon  to  the 
edge  of  the  cool  beech-woods. 

7.  While2  I  was   taking   down   the  basket  of  provisions, 
they  walked  on. 

8.  Now  he  had  to  wander  through  the  dusky  pine-wood. 


12  GERMAN   COMPOSITION. 

9.  It  was  cooler,  and  the  pine-trees3  were  strewing  the 
ground  everywhere  with  their  fine  needles. 

10.  After  wandering  for  an   hour,  we   came  out  of  a  fresh 
beech-forest  into  the  dusk  of  the  pine-woods. 

11.  Now   and  then  squirrels  will  spring  from   branch  to 
branch  over  my  head. 

2  wafyrenb.       3  ;£annenbaum,  m. 


17. 

From  ,,9liif  etnem  ^lafce"  to  ,,2Bir  9Uten  Ijaben." 

1 .  The  company  will  stop  at  a  place  where l  the  ancient 
beech  stands. 

2.  Over   this   place   the   tops    of    the  pine-trees2    have 
grown  into  a  translucent  arch  of  foliage. 

3.  Reinhardt  puts  himself  forward  as  steward,  and  Elisa- 
beth will  open  one  of  the  two  baskets. 

4.  The   young  birds  must  eat  their  bread  dry,  if  they  do 
not  observe  carefully  what  he  has  to  say  to  them. 

5.  Each  of  us  received   a  dry  roll   for    breakfast.      We 
have  left8  the  butter  at  home,  and  must  seek  a  relish  our- 
selves. 

6.  There  are   people4    enough   who  know    how  to   find 
strawberries  in  the  woods. 

7.  If 6  we  are  unskilful,  we  shall  have  to  eat  our  bread  dry. 

8.  Thus  it  will  be  everywhere  in  life. 

9.  I  don't  comprehend  your  speech. 
10.  I  have  not  finished6  it  yet. 

1  n>o.         2  see  lesson  16.         8  laffen.  4  Ceute. 

6  'if  we  are'  =  finb  ttrir ;  begin  the  main  clause  with  fo.        6  ju  Gnbe  brtngcn. 


EXERCISES.  13 

18. 

From  „$£[*  2Hten  fjaben"  to  ,,$omm,  (Slifabetl).'' 

1.  They  had  wandered  hither    and    thither    in    life  long 
enough. 

2.  They  will  stay  at  home,  that  is,  under  the  wide-spread- 
ing tree. 

3.  I  won't  pare  the  potatoes  or  make  the  fire,  but  I  will 
get  the  table  ready. 

4.  When  it  is  twelve  o'clock,  they  will  boil  the  eggs. 

5.  For  this  I  owe  you  twelve  strawberries. 

6.  Will  you  also  be  able  to  serve  a  dessert? 

7.  They  began  to  go  eastward  and  westward,  and  acted 
honorably. 

8.  Why  did  the  children  make  such1  mischievous  faces? 

9.  He  did  not  have  to  tell  us  that  the  children  need  not 
contribute  any. 

10.  They  told  us  to  treasure  this  up  in  our  minds. 

11.  They  will  make  a  success  of  life  for  this  day,  if  they 
have  enough  good  teaching. 

12.  I  am  of  the  same  opinion,  and  now  we  will  set  out  in 
pairs  to  find  strawberries. 


14  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

C.     COMPOSITION. 

19. 

From  ,,$omm,  (SUfabetl)"  to  ,,§ier  fjaben  fie  geftanben." 

Reinhardt  told  Elisabeth  to  come  with  him  into  the  straw- 
berry-patch, yet  she  was  not  to  eat  any  strawberries.  "  I  am 
ready,"  said  Elisabeth.  They  had  to  go  deeper  and  deeper 
into  the  forest.  Although l  Reinhardt  was  invisible  through  the 
damp  shadows  of  the  trees,  Elisabeth  could  hear  him  walking 
ahead,  making  a  path,  bending  the  vines  aside,  and  breaking 
the  twigs.  Now  and  then1  a  falcon  cried  out2  above  them. 
When  all  was  quiet  again,  Reinhardt  thought3  he  heard  his 
name  called.  They  turned  around,  but  could  not  see  the  fal- 
cons. "Did  you  see  me  fighting  with  the  blue  butterflies?" 
called  Elisabeth.  "They  wanted  to  flutter  among  the  damp 
forest- flowers,  but  I  would  not  endure  it."  She  begged  him 
to  go  back  again,  but  he  would  not  allow  it  to  occur.  She 
was  now  standing  in  an  open  space  between  bushes  and  ferns, 
brushing  4  the  damp  hair  from  her  hot  little  face.  "  I  must  take 
a  long  breath,"  she  said,  "and  then  you  may  take  me  to  your 
strawberry-patch." 

1  see  lesson  16.        2  fcfyreten.        8  meinen.        4  use  finite  verb  after  '  and.' 


20. 

From  ,,£>ter  Ijaben  fie  gefianben"  to  ,,@ie  anttnorteten." 

At  last l  they  stood  before  a  little  brook,  but  the  elves  had 
been  there  before  them  and  had  found  the  strawberries.     The 


EXERCISES.  15 

little  girl  hunted,  but  she  found  only  leaves.  Reinhardt  was 
not  very  tired,  so 2  he  put  (lifted)  the  basket 3  on  his  arm 
and  carried  it  through  the  forest  to  a  sunny  space.  "  Here 
are  strawberries,"  said  Elisabeth,  for  she  thought  that  there 
must  be  some4  there,  because  it  was  so  fragrant.  But  it  was 
only  the  fragrance  of  raspberry-bushes.  "  After  a  while  we 
will  hunt  raspberries,"  said  Elisabeth.  But  he  did  not  find 
any.  The  air  is  filled  with5  a  strong  odor  of  heather.  It 
covers  the  ground  everywhere,  alternating  with  raspberry- 
bushes  and  short  grasses.  They  were  in  a  broad  clearing,  and 
it  was  very  solitary  there.  They  asked6  where  the  others 
were.  They  thought  they  heard  the  wind,  but  they  did  not 
know7  whence  it  came.  "  When8  they  speak,  the  wind  comes 
and  I  can't  hear  them,"  said  Reinhardt.  "  But  if8  you  will 
only  wait,  I  will  find  the  way  back."  Then  he  called  again 
through  his  hand,  "  Come  here  !  "  But  no  answer9  came. 

1  see  lesson  19.        2  fcarunt.        3  see  lesson  19.        •*  roelcfye.        5  Don. 
6  see  lesson  19.        7  hnffen.        8  tocnn.       9  9lntroort,  f. 


21. 

From  ,,@ie  anttoorteten"  to  ,,S)er\ilte  £err  fyatte." 

The  wood-bird,  screeching,  wa^poised  in  the  air  directly 
above  her.  Elisabeth  was  afraid  //"but  she  sat  silent.  They 
frequently  listened  attentively-on  every  side,  and  after2  a 
while  they  heard  a  gentle  buzzing  and  humming  round  about 
them.  Reinhardt  thought3  that  something  was  ringing,  and 
that  if  they  should  go  right  on  in  that 4  direction,  they  would 
soon  find  the  others.  "  If  they  clap  their  hands,"  said  he,  "  we 
shall  soon  hear  the  echo.  You  must  not  rest  any  longer,  for 
I  hear  the  others  right  around  us,  and  we  shall  meet  them." 


16  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Elisabeth  had  seated  herself  in  the  shade,  under  the  over- 
hanging beeches,  and  she  saw  the  little  steel-blue  flies,  glitter- 
ing like  gold,  upon  the  tree-stumps  all  around  her.  The 
noonday  heat  was  so  glowing,  that  he  had  been  obliged  to 
give  up  hunting  strawberries,  and  had  started  on  his  way  back. 
Through  the  trees  gleamed  a  white  cloth,  and  on  it  they  could 
see  strawberries  in  great  abundance.  Elisabeth  was  no  longer 
weary,  for  she  heard  the  laughter  of  the  company  resounding5 
through  the  trees. 

1  impersonal.     2  narf).      8  see  lesson  19.      4  jen=.       5  tme  e§  .  .  .  etc. 


22. 

From  ,,5)er  alte  §err  fyatte"  to  ,,2Beif)nad)t8af)enb  fam  fyeran." 

When  the  old  gentleman,  who  had  his  napkin  in  his  button- 
hole, saw  them  coming  with  their  kerchiefs  emptied  and  their 
hats  upside  down,  he  called  out :  "We  feed  no  idlers  here  !  " 
While  they  are  showing  what  they  have  found,  he  will  con- 
tinue his  moralizing  discourse.  They  were  busily  carving  at 
roasts.  "We  found  only1  hunger  and  thirst,"  said  Elisabeth. 
The  youth  replied  that  they  must  keep  those,  for2  they  knew 
the  agreement  that  no  stragglers  should3  be  fed.  At  last  the 
thrushes  allowed  themselves  to  be  entreated,  and  sang  while 
we  dined.  Thus  the  days  will  pass,  and  Reinhardt  will  find 
nothing4  that  grows  in  the  forest,  but,  when  he  comes  home, 
he  will  write  in  an  old  parchment  copy-book.  He  writes 
songs5  about  Elisabeth,  who  is  his  prote"ge"e.  In  these  songs 
he  regards  her  as6  all  that  is  lovable  and  marvelous  in  life. 

1  nur.      2  see  lesson  21.      3 fotfen.      4  nt<f)t§.      5  see  lesson  16.      6  betrad)tet. 


EXERCISES.  1 7 

IV.  Da  ftanfc  fcas  tfinb  am  IPeae. 

[Omit  about  two  pages.] 

23. 

From  ,,£>rau£en  auf  ber  ©trafje"  to  ,,3)ie  fdjbnen  gudferburfjftaben." 
When  the  beggar-child  climbed  up  on  the  railing,  a  scold- 
ing voice  drove  the  little  guest  away1.  But  here  and  there 
she  could  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  bright  gleam  of  lighted 
Christmas-trees.  When  Elisabeth 2  came  out  of  the  bright 
house  into  the  street,  it  was  deep  twilight.  She  could  feel  the 
fresh  winter-air  on  her  hot  brow.  She  could  hear  the  noise  of 
a  fife  and  little  tin  trumpets  from  within.  Sometimes,  as  she 
passed  into  another  street,  she  heard  clear  maidens'  voices 
singing  Christmas-hymns.  The  children  stumble  up  the  stair- 
case, the  door  is  thrown  open,  and  they  go  into  the  brilliant 
house.  The  jubilant  children  are  singing  a  Christmas-hymn 
which  reminds 3  Elisabeth  of  home.  Sweet  odors  float  toward 
them ;  it  smells  like  a  child's  room  at  Christmas.  A  large 
package  lies  on  the  table.  When  Reinhardt  has  struck  a  light, 
he  opens  it  with  trembling  hands.  Here  are  some  familiar 
brown  holiday-cakes,  upon  which  she  has  traced  his  initials  in 
sugar.  Reinhardt  opens  the  little  package.  In  it4  are  finely- 
embroidered  handkerchiefs  and  cuffs.  Then  he  reads5  the 
letter  which  she  has  written. 

1  fort.        2  trat.        3  fid)  crinncrn  an  (ace.).        4  barin.        5  tefen. 


18  GERMAN   COMPOSITION. 

24. 

From  ,,2)ie  fd)5nen  gudfevbucfyftaben"  to  ,,5lber  2)u  fydltft." 

In  the  afternoon  she  always  helped  with  the  cakes,  and  last 
Sunday  she  made1  beautiful  sugar  letters.  They  set  the 
linnet's  cage  in  the  corner  and  hang  a  cloth  over  it  to  keep 
it  quiet  when  any  one2  visits  them.  She  cried  very  hard 
when 3  the  linnet  died,  for4  she  had  always  tended  it  well. 
Now  the  evenings  are  very  quiet,  except  that  the  man  who 
resembles  his  brown  overcoat  occasionally  visits  them.  She  is 
very  lonely  when  he  is  not  there,  so5  she  is  embroidering  cuffs 
for  him.  She  said  to  him  once  that  she  would  give  them  to 
him,  and  she  always  thought  of  it  when  he  entered  the  door.  It 
will  give  the  stranger  a  great  deal  of  pleasure,  but  her  mother 
will  be  vested.  He  disliked  exceedingly  being  drawn  in 
crayons,  but  they6  persuaded  him,  and  now  they  are  learning 
his  comical  face  by  heart.  You  can't  guess  what  vexed  him 
so  easily.  She  does  not  want  to  sit  a  whole  hour,  but  they 
tell  her  three  times  what  they  are  going  to  give  her  for  Christ- 
mas, and  persuade  her. 

1  mad)en.      2  jetnani).      3  all.      4  see  lesson  21.      ^  see  lesson  20. 


25. 

From  ,,2lber  S)u  fyattft  nid)t"  to  ,,9?icf)t  roeit  Don." 

Your  mother  often  complains  to  me  of  you.  She  says  that 
you  do  not  keep  your  word.  But  I  have  too  much1  to  do. 
I  cannot  read  both  fairy-tales  which  you  sent  me.  She 
could  hardly 2  believe  it,  for  she  had  always  thought8  that  it  was 
otherwise.  But  Reinhardt  told  his  mother  that  he  had 


EXERCISES.  1 9 

many  letters  to  read.  When  he  reads  his  letters,  he  always 
folds  them  together  and  lays  them  away,  although4  some  of 
them  are  only5  half- intelligible.  He  is  often  seized  with6  in- 
exorable home-sickness  when  he  reads  the  letter  of  his  mother. 
Then  he  goes  down  into  the  lonely  street,  talking  softly  to 
himself.  For  some  time  he  walked  slowly  up  and  down  the 
streets,  and  then  he  went  into  the  public  wine-cellar,  which 
had  in  the  meantime  become  quiet.  After  a  while  he  came 
staggering  up  the  steps  with  several4  dark  little  figures,  who 
ran7  quickly  into  the  shade  of  the  house,  and  then  into  a 
jeweler's  shop.  After  buying  some  little  crosses  here,  they 
returned  the  way  they  had  come.  As8  they  came  near  the 
lonely  house,  they  could  again  hear  the  song.  He  saw  that  the 
second  part  of  their  Christmas-eve  was  beginning. 

1  ju  bid.        2  faum.        3  see  lesson  19.        4  see  lesson  16.        5  nur. 
6  bou.        "(aufeu.        8  al§. 


26. 

From  ,,9?id)t  toeit  toon"  to  ,,2llg  e§  Oftern." 

Reinhardt  was  helping  a  little  girl,  clothed  in  wretched  rags, 
to  open  the  tall  house-door,  but  it  was  useless  effort;  they 
had1  to  let  go  the  door-latch  and  go  away2.  He  told  her  that 
if  she  would  come  with  him,  he  would  give  her  (some)3  Christ- 
mas-cakes;  and  as4  the  child  was  not  accustomed  to  such 
friendliness,  she  went  silently  with  him  to 5  his  dwelling.  They 
went  into  the  house  where  the  light  was  burning,  for  the  chil- 
dren had  left  it  burning  when  they  went  away.  As  Reinhardt 
opens  the  door  and  holds  the  light  for  her,  he  notices  the  shy 
glance  with  which 6  she  looks  up  at  him,  and  he  sees  that  she 


20  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

cannot  reply.  He  tells  her  to  give  her  mother  some  of  the 
cakes.  Then  he  shut  the  door,  and  after7  he  had  poked  the 
fire  and  placed  his  dusty  ink-well  on  the  table,  he  sat  down  to 
write  an  earnest  letter  to  the  little  girl.  The  Christmas-cakes 
lay  untouched  beside  her  all  through  the  night.  When  she  but- 
toned on  her  cuffs,  they  looked  very  strangely  in  contrast  to  her 
white  apron.  As  she  sat  there  thus,  the  winter  sun  shone  upon  the 
frozen  pane,  and  she  could  see  her  face  in  the  mirror  opposite. 
1  miiffen.  2  roeg.  3  omit.  4  ba.  5  nad).  6  roomtt.  7  see  lesson  25. 


V.  Dafjeim. 

27. 

From  ,,2U§  e«  Ofteni"  to  ,,$n  foldjer  9lbftd)t." 

At1  Easter  Reinhardt  wished  to  go  home.  One  morning, 
soon2  after  his  arrival,  he  went  to  (visit)  Elisabeth,  who  had 
become  very  tall  and  slender.  Reinhardt  told  her  that  she 
had  become  very  beautiful,  but  she  only  smiled  and  blushed, 
without  answering.  He  tried  to  take  her  hand  in  his  in  greet- 
ing, but  she  gently  drew  it  away  from  him.  Something  strange 
had  come  between  us,  something  which  had  not  been  there 
before.  Although8  Reinhardt  anxiously  prevented  pauses,  it 
seemed  as  if  they  grew4  longer  and  more  painful  day  by  day. 
In  order  to  prevent  these  pauses,  Reinhardt  gave  her  lessons 
in  botany.  They  soon  began  to  make  excursions  into  the 
fields,  and  after5  they  had  come  home  again,  they  sat  together, 
and  divided  their  joint  collection.  They  were  very  much 
occupied  with  this  work  during  the  first  months  of  vacation, 
which  Reinhardt  spent6  there.  They  always  brought  home  a 


EXERCISES.  21 

botany-case  full  of  flowers.  Elisabeth  was  not  accustomed  to 
make  excursions,  but  she  was  ready  and  willing,  and  would  follow 
Reinhardt  in  everything.  But  finally  Reinhardt  could  remain 
no  longer;  he  was  obliged  to  go  back7  to  his  university  life. 

1  jit.        2batb.        3  see  lesson  1 6.        4  merbcn.        5  see  lesson  25. 
6  jubringen.        7  sutiirffefjren. 


28. 

From  ,,3n  foldjer  ^bftdjt"  to  ,,SWir?  fagte  er." 

One  afternoon  when  Elisabeth  was  busied  with  her  linnet, 
she  noticed1  that  something  was  the  matter  with  it.  It 
was  striking  its  wings  and  screeching.  Elisabeth  had  been 
garnishing  its  gilded  cage  with  fresh  chickweed,  and  it  was 
not  accustomed2  to  it3.  But  the  poor  bird  died  of  fright4, 
and  now  a  canary  sits  in  the  gilded  cage  at  the  window.  When 
Reinhardt  entered  the  room  and  saw  the  cage  hanging  in  that 5 
place,  he  thought  that  after  its  death  the  linnet  had  been 
transformed  into  a  canary.  But  Elisabeth  gaily  said  that 
linnets  were  not  accustomed  (to  do)  that.  Elisabeth  should 
have  gone  in  to  arrange  about  the  coffee,  but  she  had  said  : 
"In  just  a  little  while  the  coffee  will  be  ready,"  and  she  still 
stood  garnishing  the  cage.  She  was  so  busy  with  her  work 2 
that  she  did  not  perceive  the  sudden  expression  of  trouble  in 
her  mother's  eyes.  Contrary  to  her  custom,  her  mother  had 
turned  her  back,  and  sat  spinning  in  her  arm-chair.  An 
agreeable  young  man  had  to-day  taken  charge  of  her  farm, 
and  she  did  not  know  where  he  was.  She  was  therefore7  wish- 
ing to  make  inquiries  about  him. 

1  see  lesson  26.        2  see  lesson  27.        3  baran.        4  toor  f$-urrf)t  fterbcn. 
5  see  lesson  21.        6 jubringen.        7  alfo. 


22  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

29. 

From  ,,2fttr?  jagte  er"  to  ,,@«  toareu  tauter 

"You  look  at  me  so  dreamily,"  said  Elisabeth,  "what  is 
the  matter1?  Reinhardt  replied  that  he  was  thinking2,  and 
that  he  had  not  heard  her  speak3.  She  could  not  answer, 
so4  she  sat  down  at  her  mother's  spinning-wheel,  and  it  soon5 
began  to  hum.  Reinhardt  appeared  thoughtless,  but  he  went 
into  the  next  room  in  order  to  count  stamens  and  spread  out 
blossoms,  and  from  time  to  time  he  handed  her  the  parchment- 
volume  in  which  were  the  poems  which  he  had  composed. 
Elisabeth  was  carefully  laying  the  specimens  between  the  leaves 
of  a  Latin  folio,  as  her  mother  came  in  again.  She  looked  at 
her  daughter6  with  surprise,  for7  it  seemed  to  her  very  strange 
that  she  should  identify  and  classify  plants.  Elisabeth  let  her 
mother  rest  during8  the  sunny  afternoon-stillness,  and  then  she 
gave  her  two  white  books,  which  she  had  drawn  from  her 
pocket.  "  They  are  fairy-tales,"  she  said.  Reinhardt  still9  has 
to  correct  Elisabeth's  pronunciation  of  Latin  names,  since10 
she  is  so  awkward.  "  I  lack  two  specimens,"  said  she  in  n  (a) 
subdued  voice,  letting  her  eyes  rest  dreamily  in  his. 

1  see  lesson  28.      2  nodjbenfen.      3  fprecfyen.      4  see  lesson  20.      6  see  lesson  27. 

6  Sodjter,  f.        7  see  lesson  21.        8  matjrenb  with  gen. 

9  nod)  immcr.        10  ba.       n  mit. 


30. 

From  „(?«  itmreu  tauter  $e.1e"  to  ,,(Sr  ging  aber." 

Reinhardt  writes  only  verses,  but  they  cover  whole l  pages. 
Elisabeth  read  only  the  titles,  but  they  all  seemed  to  her  to 
read  in  the  same 2  way.  She  looks  toward  Reinhardt  inquir- 


EXERCISES.  23 

ingly  as3  she  turns  over  leaf  after  leaf,  but  he  is  silent;  he 
seems  to  be  reading  and  does  not  look  up.  The  most  of  them 
were  Easter-tales,  and  her  mother  would  have  scolded  her  if 
she  had  seen  her  reading  them.  At  last,  at  his  entreaty,  she 
gave  them  back  to  Reinhardt,  who  laid  them  in  a  book.  He 
wanted  to  tell  her  something  before  she  took  her  leave  for  so 
long  a  time,  but  so  much  depended  on  it 4  that  he  could  not 
speak6.  A  delicate  blush  appears  on  his  face  and  spreads 
almost  all  over  it,  but  he  will  not  worry 6  long ;  he  will  soon  be 
conscious  of  the  effective  word.  The  nearer  he  came  to  the 
day  of  his  departure,  the  more  he  wanted  to  remain  behind 7, 
but  he  could  not  obtain  his  mother's  permission.  The  last  day 8 
of  vacation  Elisabeth  lost  her  way  in  the  woods,  and  came  too 
late  to  accompany  her  mother  to9  the  station.  It  had  just10 
struck  five  at  St.  Mary's,  as  she  laid  the  book  before  her  mother. 

1  gang.       2  berfelbe.       3  tme.       4  batoon.       5  fpred>en.       6  reflexive. 
73urucf.        8  accusative.        9  narf).        10)oeben. 


31. 

From  ,,G?r  ging  aber"  to  ,,gafl  gtoet  3ab,re." 

When  they  had  reached  the  stage-coach,  Elisabeth  was  very 
tired  l,  for  they  had  gone  very  fast.  Reinhardt  thought  that 
she  did  not  think  as  much  of  him  as  (  she  had)  two  years  ago 3. 
"  When  they  speak  about  us,"  said  he,  "  I  believe  that  you  will 
defend  us  against  them,  if  we  need  it."  She  looked  earnestly 
into  his  face,  thinking  :  "  What  is  the  matter  with  him  ?  "  but  she 
only  nodded  and  said  :  "  You  will  see.  When  you  are  gone,  I 
will  learn  her  beautiful  secret."  But  Reinhardt  shook  his  head ; 
the  nearer  the  stage-coach  came,  the  more  earnestly  he  looked 


24  GERMAN   COMPOSITION. 

into  her  bright  eyes.  As  he  climbs  into  it,  he  tells  her  that 
she  must  firmly  believe  that  he  will  return 3  in  two  years.  She 
then  let  go  his  hand,  and  stammered  a  last  farewell 4.  As  she 
turned 6,  she  saw  the  coach  rolling  around  the  last  corner. 

1  miifce.        2  tor  aroet  Saljren.        3  '  be  there  again.'        4  Sebctnot)!,  n. 
5  fief)  iimtoenben. 


VI.  <Ein  Srief. 

32. 

From  ,,$-aft  jtoei  3al)re"  to  ,,28ieberum  ttmren  3af)re." 

One  day l,  almost  two  years  after  Reinhardt's  visit  at  home, 
he  received  a  letter  from  his  mother.  The  letter  was  for  Mr. 
Werner,  and  he  read  it  as  he  sat  before  the  lamp,  among  his 
books  and  papers.  The  hostess  had  withdrawn  before  2  he  had 
opened  and  read  it.  "  Two  years  afterward,"  said  the  letter,  "  I 
carried  on  common  studies  with  a  dear  friend  who  wrote  let- 
ters to  me,  and  who  received  one  from  me  every  year."  She 
had  not  written  to  him  for  a  long  time 3,  and  he  had  broken 
it  open  only4  to  read  that  Elisabeth's  wedding  would  soon 
take  place.  A  friend  had  come  up  the  stairs.  Reinhardt 
had  been  sitting  in  the  midst  of  books  and  papers,  waiting 
for  him,  but  now  he  was  reading  the  letter  and  did  not  hear 5 
him.  When  his  friend  saw  that  he  was  reading  letters,  he 
withdrew.  His  mother's  letter  gives  Reinhardt  pain,  for  she 
does  not  thoroughly  understand  him,  and  says  that  she  will 
soon  go  away  with  her. 

2  efje.       8  feit  lange.       4  nur.       6  f)6ren. 


EXERCISES.  25 

VII.  3mmenfee. 

33. 

From  ,,2Biebemm  tnaren  3al)re"  to  „(§§  ging  jefct." 

After  several  years  he  went  to  Immensee.  When  Reinhardt 
saw  a  farmer  coming  in  a  cart,  he  called  to  him  and  asked 1 
if  this  was  the  way  to  Immensee.  The  farmer,  walking  beside 
(it),  told  him  that  the  house  rose  from  a  broad  landscape. 
Then  he  had  touched  his  round  hat,  and  driven  past.  Rein- 
hardt now  went  swiftly  along  under  the  trees,  and  a  quarter  of 
an  hour  later  reached  a  slope  from  which  century-old  oaks 
towered  aloft.  Now  the  shadows  have  disappeared,  the 
forests  have  separated,  and  afford  a  distant  view  of2  a  lake. 
On  the  sunny  shore  rises  the  white  manor-house  with  its  red 
tiles.  It  is  surrounded  by  blooming  fruit-trees,  over  which 
lies  (a  covering)  as  if  (of)  snow.  The  lake  is  calm.  Reinhardt 
stands  and  gazes  over  the  water  at  the  lofty  oak-trees  on  the 
other  shore.  The  reflection  of  the  manor-house  gently  rocks 
on  the  dark  blue  lake.  Storks  fly  up  from  the  chimneys,  and 
circle  over  the  water.  Afterwards 3  he  had  stood  motionless 
for  a  quarter  of  an  hour,  and  then  they  suddenly  continued 
their  journey. 

(ob).        2  auf,  with  ace.        3  see  lesson  32. 


34. 

From  „(£«  gtng  jefct"  to  ,,(glifabetl) !  3>u  fyaft." 

(The  path)  had  led  almost  steeply  down  the  mountain,  but 
now  it  leads  gently  up  again,  so  that  the  trees  afford  shadows, 
and  Reinhardt  has  a  view  of  the  lake  which  had  formerly1 


26  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

shone  only  occasionally  through  the  trees.  The  blossoming 
trees,  full  of  humming  bees,  had  disappeared,  and,  instead 
(of  these),  vineyards  stretched  along  both  banks  of  the  lake. 
Soon  Reinhardt  saw  a  stately  man  in  (a)  brown  overcoat, 
coming  towards  him.  He  had  almost  reached  him,  when  the 
man  began 2  to  wave  his  cap  and  to  call  out  in  a  clear  voice  : 
"  Welcome  to  Immensee,  Reinhardt !  "  When  they  had  met 
and  shaken  hands,  Erich  said,  rubbing  his  hands  :  "What3  a 
surprise  ;  Elisabeth  does  not  know  that  it  is  you  !  "  He  had 
not  expected  to  see  so  earnest  a  face.  His  old  school  com- 
rade did  not  look  as  cheerful  as  he  had  almost  always  done. 
He  knew  that  he  had  drawn  first  prize,  but  that  did  not  make 
him  much  more  cheerful.  Elisabeth  will  be  pleased 4  to  see 
Reinhardt's  simple  features  again,  but  her  happy  smile  will 
disappear  when  she  hears  them  calling  each  other5. 

1  bi§  bafjtn.       2  anfangcn.       3  toeldj.       4  fid)  freiten.       6  fid). 


35. 

From  ,,(gtifabetl)!  SDit  fyaft"  to  ,,@ie  toaren  bci  bicfcn  SSorten." 

"  Why l  did  you  not  say  a  word  about  their  visit  to  Elisa- 
beth?" said  Reinhardt.  Erich  replied2  that  he  had  invited 
him  in.  secret,  so  that  the  surprise8  might  be  so  much  the 
greater.  Reinhardt's  joy  was  so  great  that  the  nearer  he 
approached  the  lake,  the  more 4  difficult  became  his  breathing. 
The  vineyards  seemed  to  have  disappeared,  to  make  place  for 
extensive  kitchen-gardens.  A  long-legged  Egyptian  has  stolen 
Erich's  pea-sticks,  but  when  Erich  claps  his  hands,  he  merely6 
seems  to  become  thoughtful,  and  walks  gravely  about  upon 
the  roof  of  the  new  building.  As  they  walked  about  among 


EXERCISES.  27 

the  peach-trees,  Erich  became  pensive,  and  thought  of  his 
mother.  They  saw  the  stork  fly  up  on  the  roof  of  the  dis- 
tillery which  he  had  built  only  two  years  ago.  Erich  knew 
that  his  late  father  had  had  the  farm-building  built  up,  but  he 
himself6  had  built  the  dwelling-houses.  The  walls  of  the  new 
dwelling  are  covered  with  apricot-trees  fastened  (to  them). 

1  ttJtttum.         2  see  lesson  33.        3  see  lesson  34.        4  see  lesson  31. 
«felber. 


36. 

From  ,,@ie  rtmren"  to  ,,2luf  einer  £erraffe." 

They  will  soon  reach  the  roomy  space  which  is  bounded  on 
either 1  side  by  a  hedge  of  yew-trees.  Behind  it,  one  can  see 
the  indications  of  roomy  farm-buildings,  and  of  a  manor-house. 
A  high  garden-wall  joins  the  wing  of  the  house,  and  over  it  are 
blooming  twigs.  The  yard  is  filled  with  men,  whose  faces  are 
heated  by  the  sun  and  by  their  labor.  While  Erich  is  greet- 
ing them,  Reinhardt  walks  about  the  place,  and  calls  out 
questions  to  them  about  their  daily  work.  They  come  to  the 
manor-house,  where  a  high,  cool  vestibule  receives  them. 
At  the  end  of  the  darker  side-passage  into  which  they  had 
turned,  they  open  a  door.  The  garden-room  which  they 
enter  is  filled  with  a  greenish  twilight;  for  the  opposite 
windows  are  covered  with  thick  foliage.  A  view  into  the 
garden  of  circling  flower-beds  is  afforded  by  the  wide-open 
folding- doors.  A  current  of  air  wafts  a  full  stream  of  frag- 
rance toward  them. 

Heb=. 


28  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

37. 

From  ,,2luf  einer  Xerraffe"  to  ,,3n  biefem  Hugenbiicf." 
Reinhardt  had  seen  Elisabeth's  girlish  form  sitting  on  the 
terrace  in  front  of  the  garden-gate,  but  she  went  to  meet  him. 
He  was  to  her  a  stranger.  He  had  been  away  so  long  a  time 
that  Elisabeth  did  not  expect  him,  and  she  stayed  back  near 
the  door,  as  if  rooted  (to  the  spot).  When  he  smilingly  held 
out  his  hand  to  her,  she  merely l  stared  at  him,  motionless. 
Then  he  cried  :  "You  have  not  seen  me  for  a  long  time  !  " 
Elisabeth  heard  his  voice,  but  she  could  not  look  up  at  him. 
Reinhardt  could  say  no  more,  for  they  would  not  release  him. 
They  wanted  to  make  him  feel  at  home  again.  The  dis- 
tinguished-looking stranger  took  Elisabeth's  slender  hand 
caressingly  in  his,  and  said  :  "  I  should  not  have  expected  you 
till  Dooms-day."  She  remained  behind,  looking  after 2  him, 
and  thinking  :  "  How  strange  he  seems  !  " 

1  see  lesson  35.       2  nacfyfetjen  (dat.). 


38. 

From  ,,3n  biefem  2lugenbft(f"  to  ,,@ett  bent  jtteiten  £age." 
When  the  women  entered  the  door,  and  saw  that  Reinhardt 
had  lit  his  meerschaum  pipe,  and  was  smoking  in  the  garden- 
room,  they  had  (to  go)  out  into  the  kitchen l  and  prepare 
him  refreshments.  He  had  been  working  in  the  fields  and 
vineyards,  and  his  appearance  was  quite  as  healthy  as  it  was 
contented.  Reinhardt  labored  in  his  room  two  hours  before 
supper,  while  he  was  arranging  his  songs.  He  had  a  treasure  : 
it  was  a  collection2  of  the  rhymes  and  songs  current  among 
the  people.  His  day  will  be  spent  in  increasing  his  treasure 


EXERCISES.  29 

with  new  songs  from  the  neighborhood.  Since8  she  accepted 
Erich's  uniform  attentions  in  a  friendly  manner,  Reinhardt 
thought  that  Elisabeth  promised  (to  become)  a  contented 
woman.  "  I  cannot  get  possession  of  new  notes  from  the 
population  in  the  vicinity,"  said  Erich.  He  had  seated  him- 
self to  work,  when  unexpected  guests  entered  at  the  door. 
"  Since  the  conversation  is  taking  its  even  course,  I  will  now 
enjoy  the  refreshments  prepared  for  me  by  my  mother." 
,  f.  2  ©ammlung,  f.  3  see  lesson  29. 


39. 

From  ,,@ett  bem  giueiten  £age"  to  ,,(5inige  £age  narfjljer." 
As1  they  are  accustomed  to  take  a  walk  of  an  evening  on 
the  bank  of  the  lake,  they  often2  make  use  of  the  bench  at3 
sunset  for  the  sake  of  the  view4.  One  evening  I  sought 
a  road  which  leads  past  the  garden  (and)  just  below  (it). 
Underneath  the  tall  birch  standing  by  the  water,  christened  by 
my  mother  the  '  evening-birch,'  I  was  drenched  by  the  rain. 
Surprised,  as  my  friend  was,  at  Elisabeth's  approach,  he  stood 
turned  toward  her,  as  if  he  were  distinguishing  some  one 
between  the  birches  by  the  water.  He  believed  she  was 
waiting  for  some  one,  and  had  to  resign  himself  to  it.  "  If  I 
were  not  angry  with  him,  I  should  return  with  him  to  the 
house,"  said  she,  "  but  now  let  him  understand  it  if  he  can." 
He  thinks  that  she  doubted  whether  he  had  seen  the  white 
form  of  a  woman  among  the  lindens,  and  I  am  afraid  to  ask 
him  about  it.  She  will  continue  her  journey  slowly,  only  lest 
perchance  she  may  see  him  sitting  on 5  the  bench  when  she 
returns  from  her  walk. 

1  ba.        2  oft.        3  betm.        4  see  lesson  34.        5  auf. 


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